Quickly detachable shoulder carrying slings for use with shoulder-supported firearms



May 22, 1962 YES 3,035,746

T. P. HA QUICKLY DETACHABLE SHOULDER CARRYING SLINGS FOR USE WITH SHOULDER-SUPPORTED FIREARMS Filed May 12, 1959 United States Patent QUICKLY DETACHABLE SHOULDER CARRYING SLINGS FOR USE WITH SHOULDER-SUPPGRTED FIREARMS Thomas P. Hayes, 925 Cunningham St., Corpus Christi, Tex. Filed May 12, 1959, Ser. No. 812,699 1 Claim. (Cl. 224-1) This invention relates to a sling for carrying or supporting guns.

One object of the invention is to provide a gun sling which may be employed to carry guns of various makes and size including shot guns, rifles, and the like.

Another object is to provide a gun sling which is readily changed from one gun to another and does not require any permanent connection on the gun with which it is used.

A further object is to provide a gun sling which can be folded and retained in a pocket without inconvenience or bulkiness.

In general, the invention is directed to a strap adjustable in length and constructed to slip over a mans shoulder and support a gun therefrom by the attachment of said strap to the trigger guard of the gun and to a ringlike member which is slid over the barrel and retained in place by a second strap which attaches to the trigger guard of the gun.

Other objects of the invention Will appear hereinafter in connection with the following description of a drawing illustrating an embodiment of the invention.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is an enlarged fragmentary view in perspective of the sling;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the sling attached to a gun, and

FIGURE 3 is a perspective View illustrating a gun supported from a mans shoulder by the sling of the invention.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, particularly to FIGURE 1, a gun sling in accordance with the present invention comprises a ring-like member 1 to which is attached one end of strap 2 and one end of strap 3, said straps having their free ends perforated with a series of uniform longitudinal slots which are indicated by the numeral 4. Straps 2 and 3, and ring-like member 1, may be made of leather, webbed belt material, canvas, or any other suitable material that is of sufiicient strength to support a gun on a mans shoulder or arm. Straps 2 and 3 are attached to the ring-like member 1 by means of sewing or riveting, as indicated by the numeral 6. Straps 2 and 3 are each provided with a double-ended metal button 5 for the purpose of securing the sling to the gun. Metal button 5 is a cylindrical pin of a length slightly greater than twice the thickness of the associated strap, and of a diameter not greater than the width of slot 4. The ends of said pin terminate in opposing, axially attached discs having diameters substantially greater than the diameter of the pin, but not so great as to prevent their being manually entered into slot 4.

In placing the sling on a gun 7, as shown in FIGURE 2, the ring-like member 1 is first slid well down over the gun barrel 8 and positioned at the desired point by strap 3, the free end of which is passed through the opening formed by the trigger guard 9. After encircling the forward portion of the trigger guard loop, or bow, strap 3 is then folded back upon itself and adjusted to the desired effective length by selecting the proper pair of opposing slots 4 and transfixing these slots with the doubleended button 5 which simultaneously efiects the securing of strap 5 to the gun 7. Shoulder strap 2 is adjusted to the desired eliective length and secured to the trigger guard 9 in the same manner as is strap 3.

Although a certain specific embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it is obvious that many modifications thereof are possible. The invention, therefore, is not to be restricted except insofar as is necessiated by the prior art and by the spirit of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

In combination with a gun, a sling for supporting said gun in a carrying position and comprising two flexible straps and a ring-like member, one end of each of the said straps being attached to said ring-like member and the other end of each strap being provided with means of adjustably securing same to the trigger guard of the gun whereby the effective length of each strap may be varied, one of said straps being adjusted to a length less than the length of the gun barrel and thereby retaining said ring-like member on the gun barrel, and the other of said straps being adjusted to a length which is adapted to engage the shoulder of a person.

Bennek Nov. 27, 1951 Girton Nov. 5, 1957 

